more trouble than it's worth (was tune, chip with oversized pins?)

[David Ilvedson]

I would add, you probably should remove the action if it is a grand.   Murphy's Law...



David Ilvedson, RPT

Pacifica, CA 94044









Original message

From: "paul bruesch" 

To: "Pianotech List" 

Received: 3/24/2008 7:18:58 PM

Subject: Re: more trouble than it's worth (was tune, chip with oversized pins?)





Daniel,

I will pitch in here to urge you to try the CA treatment. It costs you about $10 for the CA and about an hour's time from the time you get there, tip the piano (borrow a tilter if you need), dribble CA alongside all the pins (twice), and get it tilted back up. If it's a grand, even less time 'cuz you only have to lay newspapers or an old blanket over the action under the pinblock <just in case>, but no tilting. If it doesn't work (but it most likely will) you're not out much. For all the times it works, you're money and time waaaay ahead.  

Paul Bruesch

Stillwater, MN





On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 1:27 PM, daniel carlton <hacicspe at gmail.com> wrote:



hi guys 

thanks for the input.



I don't get the question exactly.  Are you replacing tuning pins without restringing?  The whole set?



yes, the whole set, without restringing.



...damper adjustments. etc. Speaking of which, you should remove the dampers when repinning, especially in the bass. 



i didn't want to get into dampers. i still at the point where i don't like them. uh but i guess if i'm to do the job i have no choice. at this point, the owner might as well replace the block. i guess she had it "rebuilt" 20-30 years ago. she called it rebuilt, but it might have just been a refurbish without a new block because the pins are so loose. 



these are the jobs that are frustrating to me, because it's always "well if you're going to do this, you might as well do that, and if you're going to do that, then you might as well do this." i think it's the stress of not knowing how much to estimate.



anyway...



daniel
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